Scaling, the persistent rapid growth to deliver a viable business model, often incorporates an explicit international business dimension. However, research on the cross-border management and organization of scaling and scale-ups in international business has been limited. We therefore build on prior scholarly understanding to differentiate scaling in three settings – initiative, organization and ecosystem – and elaborate on their respective international business aspects. We are sensitive to different organizational purposes and their associated scaling for commercial and/or social impact. Our arguments advance the conceptual understanding of scaling in international business and offer an agenda for future research.

规模化，即提供可行业务模式的持续快速增长，通常包含明确的国际业务维度。然而，关于国际业务规模和扩大规模的跨境管理和组织的研究一直很有限。因此，我们基于先前的学术理解来区分三种环境中的扩展——倡议、组织和生态系统——并详细阐述它们各自的国际业务方面。我们对不同的组织目的及其相关的商业和/或社会影响规模敏感。我们的论点推进了对国际业务扩展的概念理解，并为未来的研究提供了议程。